This area covers the administration and governance of registered charities in England. It includes ensuring trustees meet their legal duties, maintaining proper charitable aims, and handling routine regulatory compliance, reporting and governance matters under the Charities Act 2011 and the rules of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Practising solicitors draft and review trustees’ meeting minutes, governing documents, and schemes of adaptation; liaise with the regulator; prepare accounts and annual returns; advise on fundraising compliance, safeguarding, mergers or closures, and the disposal or transfer of charity assets. They also assist with investigating and resolving internal disputes, and with securing or protecting charitable assets in pursuit of the charity’s objects.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
The solicitor handles the drafting and modification of governing documents, schemes, and arrangements for trustees, board governance, asset management, and compliance with reporting requirements and public benefit duties. They manage interactions with the Charity Commission, support mergers or dissolution schemes, and navigate regulatory investigations or sanctions, including safeguarding and fundraising compliance.
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